Kommunity FK was formed by Patrik Mata in 1978

in the midst of the LA punk explosion. Mata's new musical genre became a cross between post punk and a darker gloom that unknowingly ushered in the genesis of American alternative/gothic/deathrock. 

Kommunity FK's beginnings were raw. Mata's main influences — namely, William S. Burroughs, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dalì, and early Bowie — were woven into a dreamy musical side combined with experimental synthesized art punk. But Mata's visionary soundscapes were entirely his own. The original pronunciation of this strange new creation was "Kommunity Fuck," but the artist eventually changed the spelling so promoters at the time would have no problem placing the headliner's name on their marquees. The oblique yet expressive “FK” has stuck throughout the decades ever since the band’s live performance inception. In 1983, it appeared, debossed, on the equally bold cover of the group’s debut full-length, The Vision and The Voice, on Independent Project Records. The label also released Kommunity FK’s second LP, Close One Sad Eye, two years later.